Documentation
Sections
In Minitek FAQ Book, sections serve as topic containers. Each section is independent and is linked to a FAQ Book > Section menu item.
Warning
Section menu items are mandatory. The section and topic links will not work unless you create a menu item of type FAQ Book > Section for each section.
To create a new section:
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Go to Sections and click on New.
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Enter a title and an optional description.
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Configure the section parameters.
Navigation
- Top navigation
- Select whether you want to display the top navigation bar. The top navigation bar serves as a breadcrumbs menu for easy navigation in parent topics and section.
- Sections link
- Links back to the Sections page. You can disable it if you have only one section and no Sections menu item.
- Sections menu item
- The menu item that links to the Sections page.
- Authorize Question link
- Displays a button that allows guest users to authorize anonymous questions.
- Left navigation
- Select whether you want to display the left navigation menu. The left navigation menu displays all topics under this specific section.
- Left navigation type Pro
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- Slide menu: The default slide menu.
- Accordion menu: An accordion menu based on Bootstrap 5 accordion. Requires Bootstrap 5.
- Load Topics
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- Endpoint topics: When clicking on a topic in the left navigation menu, the topic content and questions will be loaded only if the topic does not have children topics.
- All topics: When clicking on a topic in the left navigation menu, the topic content and questions will always be loaded even if the topic has children topics.
- Browse Topics link
- Displays a link that loads the section Topics Tree.
- Show icons
- Displays topic icons in left navigation menu.
Options
- Section class
- A custom class to be applied to the section column in the Sections page.
- Section title
- If enabled, the section title is displayed at the top of the section page.
- Section description
- If enabled, the section description is displayed at the top of the section page.
- Section image
- Select or upload an image for this section. The image will be displayed in the section column in the Sections page.
- Topics ordering
- The field on which to sort the topics.
- Ordering direction
- The direction in which to sort the topics.
Topics Tree
- Show topics tree
- Select whether you want to display the topics tree in the section page.
- Show header
- Displays the Browse Topics title.
- Show icons
- Displays the icons for top-level topics.
- Show images
- Show or hide the images for top-level topics. Images take precedence over icons.
- Maximum levels
- Maximum level of children topics for the topics tree.
- Columns
- Number of columns for the topics tree.
Section Questions
- Show questions
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- Active topic: Displays the questions of a specific topic in the section page.
- All topics: Displays questions from all topics in the section page.
- Active topic
- A specific active topic.
Languages
In multi-language websites, all topics must be assigned the same language as the parent section.
Popular Topics
- Show popular topics
- Select whether you want to display the popular topics in the section page.
- Show header
- Displays the Popular Topics title.
- Popular topics count
- Number of popular topics to be displayed in the section page.
- Popular topics title
- Show or hide the topic title.
- Popular topics description
- Show or hide the topic description.
- Description limit
- Word limit for the topic description.
Popular Questions
- Show popular questions
- Select whether you want to display the popular questions in the section page.
- Show header
- Displays the Popular Questions title.
- Popular questions count
- Number of popular questions to be displayed in the section page.
- Popular questions content
- Show or hide the question content.
- Content limit
- Word limit for the question content.
Question Form Pro
- Ask Question button
The button will be visible only to users who have Create permissions.
- In top navigation: Displays a single button in the top navigation bar.
- In topic page: Displays a button for each topic, at the top of the topic page.
- Question form pre-text
- Custom HTML content to be displayed at the top of the question form.
Topic
- Topic title
- If enabled, the topic title is displayed at the top of the topic page.
- Topic description
- If enabled, the topic description is displayed at the top of the topic page.
- Topic image
- Select or upload an image for this topic. The image will be displayed at the top of the topic page.
- Group method Pro
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- Separate topic and subtopics: Questions in topic pages will be displayed in separate groups. One group for parent topic and one group for each first level subtopic.
- Merge topic and subtopics: Questions of parent topic and all subtopics will merge in one common group.
- Topic votes Pro
- If enabled, users will be able to vote for this topic.
- Enable downvotes Pro
- If enabled, users will be able to downvote this topic.
- Select questions type Pro
- Displays a dropdown list that allows for the filtering of questions by type.
Separate Topic and Subtopics
- Subtopics
- Show or hide first-level subtopics.
- Subtopics title
- Show or hide the subtopics title.
- Subtopics description
- Show or hide the subtopics description.
- Subtopics image
- Show or hide the subtopics image.
- Subtopics questions
- Show or hide the subtopics questions.
Questions Ordering
- Ordering type Pro
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- Static: A pre-set ordering of questions that can not be changed by the user.
- Dynamic: Allows the user to change the questions ordering via a dropdown sorting list.
Static Ordering
- Static ordering
- Select the field that questions will be ordered by.
- Static ordering direction
- Select ordering direction.
Dynamic Ordering Pro
- Active ordering
- Active ordering on page load.
- Recent questions
- Enable recent questions ordering.
- Oldest questions
- Enable oldest questions ordering.
- Top questions
- Enable top questions ordering.
- Featured questions
- Enable featured questions ordering.
- Unanswered questions
- Enable unanswered questions ordering.
- Resolved questions
- Enable resolved questions ordering.
- Unresolved questions
- Enable unresolved questions ordering.
- Open questions
- Enable open questions ordering. If Only Moderators is selected, the ordering will be visible only to users that have permission to Edit State.
- Pending questions
- Enable pending questions ordering. If Only Moderators is selected, the ordering will be visible only to users that have permission to Edit State.
Questions
- Theme Pro
Select the questions theme.
- FAQ
- Discussions
- Social
- Show opened
- If enabled and FAQ theme is selected, questions will be displayed opened.
- Votes Pro
- Show or hide questions votes.
- Enable downvotes Pro
- If enabled, users will be able to downvote the questions. Applies only for FAQ theme.
- Question link Pro
- Show or hide questions link (only for FAQ theme).
- Answers count Pro
- Show or hide answers count.
- State labels Pro
- Show or hide state labels (resolved, open, pending). If Only Moderators is selected, the labels will be visible only to users that have permission to Edit State.
- Image
- Show or hide questions image.
- Content
- Show or hide questions content (for FAQ theme, it shows or hides the content preview).
- Content limit
- Word limit for questions content (for FAQ theme, word limit for content preview). Enter 0 to disable content truncation.
- Views Pro
- Show or hide questions views.
- Date
- Show or hide questions created date.
- Author
- Show or hide questions author.
- Author name
- Select type of author name.
- Author link
- Author link will point to user profile. You must also create a Profile menu item.
- Avatar Pro
Only applies for Social theme.
- No: Don't show author avatars.
- Show initials: Displays an avatar with a procedurally generated color that contains author name initials.
- Use Gravatar images: Displays user images from Gravatar.
- Topic
Show or hide questions parent topic.
- Parent topic: Last-level parent topic.
- All parent topics: All levels of parent topics up to first-level topic.
Question Pro
- Theme
Select a question theme.
- Stack
- Social
- State labels
- Show or hide state labels (resolved, open, pending). If Only Moderators is selected, the labels will be visible only to users that have permission to Edit State. State labels are always visible for user's own questions.
- Votes
- Show or hide question votes.
- Enable downvotes
- If enabled, users will be able to downvote this question.
- Topic
Show or hide question parent topic.
- Parent topic: Last-level parent topic.
- All parent topics: All levels of parent topics up to first-level topic.
- Views
- Show or hide question views.
- Created date
- Show or hide question created date.
- Author
- Show or hide question author.
- Avatar
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- No: Don't show author avatars.
- Show initials: Displays an avatar with a procedurally generated color that contains author name initials.
- Use Gravatar images: Displays user images from Gravatar.
- Modified date
- Show or hide question modified date.
Answers
- Answers
- Show or hide question answers.
- Active ordering
- Active ordering on page load.
- Ordering list
- Enable ordering dropdown list.
- Votes
- Show or hide answers votes.
- Enable downvotes
- If enabled, users will be able to downvote the answers.
- Select answer
- Allows question owner or moderators to select answer as best answer.
- Created date
- Show or hide answers created date.
- Author
- Show or hide answers author.
- Avatar
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- No: Don't show author avatars.
- Show initials: Displays an avatar with a procedurally generated color that contains author name initials.
- Use Gravatar images: Displays user images from Gravatar.
- Modified date
- Show or hide answers modified date.
- Show login message
- Displays a message prompting users to login in order to post an answer.
- Answer form
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- Inline: Displays the answer form inside the question page, below the answers.
- New page: Displays the answer form on a new page.
Votes
- Allow guests to vote
- If enabled, guest users will be able to vote for questions and answers.
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Finally you must create a menu item for the section. Go to your menu in Menu Manager and click on New.
In the field Menu Item Type click on Select. Select FAQ Book Pro > Section.
In the field Section select the section that you created in the previous steps. Click on Save & Close.
You can now visit the section in the front-end. The left navigation menu will be empty unless you create some topics in this section.